Winners of 2019
Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards 2019
THE WINNERS
Economou, Hadjieleftheriadis, Martinos and Youroukos win awards in front of over 1,000 at annual shipping gala
– M/Maritime, Latsco Shipping, Levante Ferries and Piraeus Bank among others honoured –
Shipowner George Economou was named Greek Shipping Personality of the Year for 2019 and former Eletson director Gregory B. Hadjieleftheriadis was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Athens on Friday, December 6 at the 16th annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards.
Nikolas Martinos and George Youroukos were among other major names who won individual awards while the night began with awards for M/Maritime, Latsco Shipping and Levante Ferries as, respectively, Dry Cargo Company, Tanker Company and Passenger Line of the Year.
A large attendance of more than 1,100 Greek and international shipping personalities gathered at the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel for the 2019 event, organised by Lloyd’s List, the international maritime information provider that was established as a newspaper in 1734.
They hailed the brightest performers for 2019, including some of the industry’s best-known personalities and companies, and enjoyed an exciting event programme that reflected the many and diverse challenges the shipping industry is currently facing.
ClassNK, a longtime supporter of the event, was once again overall lead sponsor of the Greek Shipping Awards.
Greece’s minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis, opened the ceremonies with a video message to the audience and Informa Managing Editor Richard Meade presented a donation on behalf of the event organisers to ‘Argo’, the charity supporting children with special needs in the families of Greek seafarers.
Guests enjoyed a pre-dinner cocktail reception hosted by Erma First while China Classification Society offered the traditional champagne toast to the health of Greek shipping.
The annual awards recognise achievement and meritorious activity in the Greek shipping industry and promote Greece as a maritime centre. Winners are chosen by an independent panel of judges representing a broad cross-section of the Greek shipping industry.
The 2019 Greek Shipping Awards event was co-hosted by award-winning ERT broadcaster Andriana Paraskevopoulou together with Lloyd’s List correspondent in Greece Nigel Lowry.
2019 WINNERS AT-A-GLANCE
Dry Cargo Company of the Year
M/Maritime
Tanker Company of the Year
Latsco Shipping
Passenger Line of the Year
Levante Ferries
Shipbroker of the Year
Xclusiv Shipbrokers
Shipping Financier of the Year
Piraeus Bank
Technical Achievement Award
SeaBright
The Safety Award
Hellenic Coast Guard
The Sustainability Award
probunkers
Piraeus International Centre Award
Municipality of Piraeus
International Personality of the Year
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou
Seafarer of the Year
Capt. Dimitrios Spanoudakis
Achievement in Education or Training
Dept of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus
Ship of the Year
“WorldChampion Jet”
Next Generation Shipping Award
Nikolas Martinos
Lloyd’s List Intelligence Big Data Award
DeepSea Technologies
Lloyd’s List/Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award
Gregory B. Hadjieleftheriadis
Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year
George Youroukos
Greek Shipping Personality of the Year
George Economou
